I discovered X22 in 2018. Paytriot? Sort of. My understanding is he's been sounding the alarm for quite a while, like starting a few years before Trump was elected. But I don't know the nature of his work before 2018 (not going to make too many assumptions). So I think it was a natural transition for him to jump on the Trump train and get into following Q.

I don't begrudge anyone who tries to offset the costs of providing a service with a little advertising (not the BS most sites are infested with).

One thing about Dave, he's been pretty consistent the whole time I've known about him. Unlike many or most of the others. And he does provide a service to those who don't have 5-6 hours a day to comb through various news sources. It would be easy to point out a few shortcomings in the X22 report, but I think too many anons who are deep into Q, following the DS, and trying to expose DS players can be way too harsh on Dave. But I don't see these anons as Dave's target audience. I've been able to point quite a few people towards the X22 report, and for them, that was the right amount of sauce to get them started on understanding Q and the DS.

So everything I've seen says good guy.